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(Windpower) Increasing demand and a shrinking supply of rare-earth elements for magnets creates an opportunity for a research team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Minnesota. The goal is to create a recipe for a replacement that doesn’t use scarce ingredients...11/27
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(Tennessean) The Tennessee Solar Energy Industries Association has chosen the Tennessee Solar Institute for its Solar Champion Award. The institute is part of the Volunteer State Solar Initiative, a comprehensive solar energy and economic development program focusing on job creation, education, renewable power production and technology commercialization. It is a partnership involving the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory...11/25
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DOE
(New York Times) The only American-owned company capable of enriching uranium is asking for government help to modernize its plant and remain in business...11/24
State & Regional
(Knoxville News Sentinel) Gun rights advocates in Tennessee are embracing an Arizona law that does away with a requirement that handgun owners get a permit before carrying their weapons in public — part of a more aggressive push to loosen state gun laws next year...11/28
East Tennessee
(WATE) It's been a record year for Black Friday shopping, with stores gaining nearly 7% nationally in sales from last year. The upward trend did not exclude Knox County sales and early bird shoppers...11/27
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National
(New York Times) In a new report, the rating agency said the European debt crisis may end up threatening the credit standing of all 17 countries in the currency union.
(CNN) Violence marred Black Friday shopping in at least seven states, including California, where police say a woman doused fellow shoppers with pepper spray in a bid to snag a discounted video game console...11/25
(Wall Street Journal) U.S. stock futures surged on Monday, boosted by a strong start to the holiday shopping season and hopes for progress by European leaders in addressing the euro-zone debt crisis. More than two hours before the start of trading, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 243 points to 11430...11/28
State and Regional News
(Tennessean) As the United Auto Workers gears up to try to unionize foreign auto assembly plants in the South, the union has begun training regional organizers to focus on the dealerships of whichever automakers it decides to target...11/28
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Need for new magnet materials drives research
Loan Request by Uranium-Enrichment Firm Upends Politics as Usual